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Farm and Family

Yard sale season has arrived! As the temperatures are warming up, people are beginning to realize items, such as children’s clothing or sporting equipment, they might need to purchase for spring and summer. Yard sale shopping is a great place to find items you need at bargain prices.
If you are searching for yard sale bargains:
• Start early.

The Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corp. (KAFC) approved $2,157,500 in 10 agricultural loans for projects in the Commonwealth at its board meeting on Friday, May 13, including one in the Beginning Farmer Loan Program in Henry County, according to a news release from KAFC.
Beginning Farmer loans, or BFLP, totaled $1,357,500 for eight recipients, including $120,000 for one in Henry County.
BFLP is designed to assist individuals with some farming experience who desire to develop, expand or buy into a farming operation.

The Kentucky Department of Agriculture is accepting applications from community organizations interested in hosting Kentucky Proud dinners now through fall of 2016, according to a news release.
The Kentucky Proud Food to Fork Program will provide funding to qualifying applicants for dinners that showcase local food products.
The program will also promote local agritourism businesses and provide educational background on locally produced agricultural food and products.

University of Kentucky entomologists recently developed a website that will have the most up-to-date information on the Zika virus and its spread, as mosquito populations around the state begin to build.
The website is http://pest.ca.uky.edu/EXT/ZIKA/1kyzika.html.

The Kentucky Extension Homemakers Association convened in Covington, April 18 to 21, for their 83rd annual meeting.
More than 440 attendees from across the state took part in the four-day meeting that celebrated “Winning with KEHA.”
Attending from Henry County were County Homemaker President Saundra Smith, County Treasurer Gin Wells and County Extension Agent Maryellen Garrison.
Held annually, the state meeting provides a time for celebration, recognition, learning and fun. This year was no exception.